{"id":28489,"date":"2012-10-04T14:37:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T13:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=28489"},"modified":"2022-06-22T14:48:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T13:48:28","slug":"renault-17-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/renault-17-coupe\/","title":{"rendered":"Renault 17 Coup\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Back in 1971 Renault made the risky move of launching not one, but TWO Coup\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

The 15 and 17 rocked wrap-around bumpers (the first time this technology had been mass produced) & there were quartz halogen lights, too, which, at the time were a motif of only the highest end cars on the market.<\/p>\n

This foray into the undeniably treacherous territory of coup\u00e9 culture was relatively successful – even if the Gordini 17 is now the rarest of French cars with that distinctly gallic everyman touch.<\/p>\n

The high point of the 17 came when the by now Renault owned Gordini badge was pinned to a sportier version of the car. It retained that offbeat ugly-cool thing, but managed to assume a more dashing appearance.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t gutsy or particularly dynamic, but we dig it’s period quirk.<\/p>\n

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